THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES, AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION.

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SECOND EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF VOLUMES 1 AND 2, AND FIRST EDITION OF VOLUME 3, 3 VOLUMES BOUND IN 2, COMPLETE SET, the first 2 volumes bound together are dated 1598 and 1599 and 3rd volume dated 1600. NOT A MATCHING SET as Volumes 1 & 2 are large paper copies and Volume 3 the usual size. LACKS THE MAP AS NEARLY ALWAYS, the Hakluyt Handbook, Volume 2, page 495, states: "Only 19 maps have been reported in 186 copies". 4 LEAVES IN THE SECOND VOLUME ARE FROM A NORMAL SIZE COPY AND ARE SLIGHTLY SMALLER, being the same size as our Volume 3. The 7 leaves originally at the end of Volume 1: "A briefe and true report of the honourable voyage vnto Cadiz" mentioned in the title were suppressed and excised by order of Queen Elizabeth after the disgrace of Earl of Essex. The catchword "A briefe" remains on the final page, the title page was reprinted omitting the Cadiz section, our title page is the original as the Cadiz Victory is mentioned. Folio, in sixes, the page size of the first 2 volumes is 310 x 200 mm, 12¼ x 8 inches, tall untrimmed copies (as listed in Pforzheimer), very scarce as most sets are the same size as our Volume 3 (280 x 185 mm, 11 x 7 inches), pages: [24], 1-606; [16], 1-312, 1-204; Volume 3: [16], 1-868, pictorial and decorated initials and ornaments, first 2 volumes bound together in half calf, marbled boards, early gilt lettered red morocco label, raised bands, Volume 3 bound in full calf, rebacked, gilt lettered red label, gilt rules between raised bands, both volumes have new endpapers, engraved bookplate to first pastedown of Volume 1. Marbled paper slightly scuffed and stained, slight shelf wear to edges, the title pages of Volumes 1 and 3 reinserted on a tab, inner margins slightly damaged but not affecting text, title page of Volume 1 is dusty with the corners strengthened, central horizontal crease plus a few other creases and a few small old ink doodles, next 2 pages have the horizontal crease, 5 prelim pages and pages 17 & 18 have neat old ink underlinings, repairs to edges of page 601 and top margin of page 606, small dark stain to top of pages 601-606 just running into text, all legible, small hole to 1 margin, not near text, 2 small holes affecting text, all easily legible, paper fault to margin of page 499, 2 corner tips missing, pale marginal staining to a few pages, not affecting text. Volume 2: Hakluyt's name mispelt "Hackluyt" on title page, neat old repair to outer margin of last page, 2 tiny burn holes to margins, a few corner tips missing, small tear to 1 top margin with slight loss, not affecting text, occasional tiny closed tear and occasional pale stain to margins, pale age-browning to some gatherings. Volume 3: heavy old ink stains to first pastedown due to erasures, top corner of title page repaired with slight loss to image, (see image), small repair to bottom edge, not affecting text, dusty and slightly stained with a light crease to lower corner, old ink doodling to blank side, 3 small repairs to top corners of 3 pages in the prelims, some small repairs to edges of pages and tips of lower corners, small repairs to top margins of pages 208-228 and 269-281, outer edge of page 337 repaired, a few corner tips missing, last page reinserted on a tab, loss to inner margin, not affecting text, last 3 pages dusty and soiled, occasional ink splash and pale brown stain, a few small closed tears to margins, small early ink name to foot of last page occasional old ink marginalia to all volumes, otherwise good sturdy copies. Most text in black letter and in English, some in Latin. Though these books are not with out faults, untrimmed copies are very rare. See: Pforzheimer Library, English Literature 1475-1700, page 435, No. 443 (our first 2 volumes have same misnumbering); Hakluyt Handbook Volume 2, page 491 states "Volume1598, the original issue, line 8 reading these 1500 "yeeres"; Volume 1599, the original issue, line 7 reading these 1500 "yeares". THE SAME AS OUR COPIES; Printing and the Mind of.

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THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES, AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION.

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London George Bishop Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker -1600

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1598

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